Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Dave reports a fantastic day on the Viking Starship. Everywhere we went they bit their heads off! We first stopped at the lighthouse and had an 1 1/2 slow drift with mostly big Porgies, a few Fluke and Sea Bass. When the tide ran hard we headed down the beach and anchored up. It…

Capt Mike reports a slower trip on the Viking Starlite. Fishing was a bit tough with the high wind this afternoon. We did manage a couple of keeper Fluke and a few Porgies in the buckets.

Capt Dave reports a great day on the Viking Starship. There was a lot of tide and wind to start at the lighthouse, so we drifted for Porgies and Bluefish until the tide got too fast. We went down the beach to get out of the tide and had a good pick of Porgies on…

Captain Mike Ricker reports a morning full of rod-bending action! Our fishermen put some nice-sized Porgies and Sea Bass in their buckets. We also had plenty of shorter Flukes earlier in the morning. Congratulations to our pool winner, David Kaloski from Center Moriches, NY, who caught a 3 lb Sea Bass.

Capt Carl reports a fair afternoon of half day fishing on the Viking Star. The wind came up and with the new moon tide, it made for a very fast drift. We had plenty of action and still managed some Keeper Fluke, Sea Bass, and Porgies, but it definitely wasn’t as good as normal due…

Captain JR reports that today’s Seabass and Ling charter was very good. Hot and heavy Ling and a few whiting flying in the boat. It was so good in fact that we are adding Ling to our local Full Day trips immediately. We will be sailing every Tuesday and Thursday for Fluke, Seabass, and Ling….

Capt Dave reports a good trip on the Viking Starship. To start off the trip we looked for Sea Bass about half way to Block Island to get away from the hard running tide. Everyone had their limit, but they had to go through a lot of shorts to get to them. We finished the…

Captain Carl reports beautiful weather and great fishing on this mornings half day trip. We had a very fast drift with the New Moon tide, but the Sea Bass and Porgies bit very well and we put plenty in the pails. The fluke bite was a bit off with the fast drift, but we did…

What better way to celebrate World Whale and Dolphin Day than aboard another magical Viking/CRESLI whale watch! Our transit yesterday brought us southeast towards an area we dubbed “cetacean heaven” on Sunday’s trip. At first, it appeared as if the bait and the whales/dolphins had moved on with zero bird activity and no sign of life near the surface. That changed as we reached an area markedly noisier than before. Here, hundreds of great shearwaters and terns patrolled the area and we encountered our first pod of short-beaked common dolphin. The dolphins were acrobatic and inquisitive, swimming around our vessel with repeated close approaches to the delight of those onboard. Shortly after, a series of blows were observed and investigated, while repeated large splashing events occurred just beyond them. The blows belonged to at least one finback whale, while a…

Capt Carl reports a very slow night Bass fishing. We marked some fish but it seems they had lock jaw all night making it a very disappointing outing. We are going to try again Friday night and hope for better results!

Capt Carl reports another beautiful afternoon of half day fishing on the Viking Star with plenty of fish biting our hooks and filling our buckets! Fluke, Porgies, and Sea Bass made up our catch today and plenty of them! The pool winner was Jesse Blom from Bentonville, AR with a 4.6 lb Fluke.

Capt JR reports a good day of catching on the Viking Starlite. We had no problem finding big beautiful Sea Bass to put in the buckets today. The Fluke also made a nice showing as we boated some real beauties mixed in with the Sea Bass. Plenty of fish for all! The Fluke pool winner…